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RCTN. do you think people have migrated to Yahoo groups? I've recently joined several and there is a lot of participation there. What groups are y'all in? Just curious, Janet |
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On Feb 25, 7:07*am, wrote:
On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:15:27 -0500, Gillian Murray wrote: It's the same on all usenet groups and is due mostly to FB and also to the younger generation who have never heard of usenet - they tend to do forums - the FB part is a general consensus on most groups, I don't do FB but that's what they say. Probably very true. *I do participate in Facebook, as do many of the rctners. We frequently send little personal messages to each other; also I enjoy the fact that many of the designers, shops and other similar (kreinik, Hoffman, DMC etc) businesses are there. You get immediate information from them, rather than wait for it to travel down the grapevine. Lucille is hell on wheels at the version of Scrabble which we play! Gillian It's the other aspects of FB I do not like. *I believe a lot of people are going to be very sorry about a lot of the stuff they posted there and once up it's extremely difficult to truly delete it. Gotta agree about FB. I've stayed away and expect will continue to do so. I check in here, (been on newsgroups since the early 90s, hard to break the habit) and a few blogs. Police in a local county have been investigating a truly despicable FB page made from pages of girls in their teens, using their pictures, etc. As soon as it was "taken down", the instigators put it back up with a "comment for the police. Not nice at all. If one isn't judicious in one's use of FB a lot of trouble can ensue. Nancy |
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"Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message ... On 2/24/11 10:15 PM, in article , "Gillian Murray" wrote: On 2/24/2011 6:31 PM, wrote: On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:18:57 -0800 (PST), Janet wrote: I've been thinking lately about the decline in the number of posts on RCTN. do you think people have migrated to Yahoo groups? I've recently joined several and there is a lot of participation there. What groups are y'all in? Just curious, Janet It's the same on all usenet groups and is due mostly to FB and also to the younger generation who have never heard of usenet - they tend to do forums - the FB part is a general consensus on most groups, I don't do FB but that's what they say. Probably very true. I do participate in Facebook, as do many of the rctners. We frequently send little personal messages to each other; also I enjoy the fact that many of the designers, shops and other similar (kreinik, Hoffman, DMC etc) businesses are there. You get immediate information from them, rather than wait for it to travel down the grapevine. Lucille is hell on wheels at the version of Scrabble which we play! Gillian And beats us soundly. I play two different "Scrabble" games - I should introduce Gillian and Lucille to it. But maybe not, as one option (random rules) can result in 1000+ point words. Cheryl So now you've got me tempted. Come on Cheryl, share!!! Lucille |
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"Gillian Murray" wrote in message ... On 2/24/2011 6:31 PM, wrote: On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:18:57 -0800 (PST), Janet wrote: I've been thinking lately about the decline in the number of posts on RCTN. do you think people have migrated to Yahoo groups? I've recently joined several and there is a lot of participation there. What groups are y'all in? Just curious, Janet It's the same on all usenet groups and is due mostly to FB and also to the younger generation who have never heard of usenet - they tend to do forums - the FB part is a general consensus on most groups, I don't do FB but that's what they say. Probably very true. I do participate in Facebook, as do many of the rctners. We frequently send little personal messages to each other; also I enjoy the fact that many of the designers, shops and other similar (kreinik, Hoffman, DMC etc) businesses are there. You get immediate information from them, rather than wait for it to travel down the grapevine. Lucille is hell on wheels at the version of Scrabble which we play! Gillian She forgot to tell you how I'm always on the bottom at Bejeweled Blitz |
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On 2/25/2011 8:59 AM, Ellice K. wrote:
On 2/25/11 7:07 AM, in article , wrote: On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:15:27 -0500, Gillian Murray wrote: It's the same on all usenet groups and is due mostly to FB and also to the younger generation who have never heard of usenet - they tend to do forums - the FB part is a general consensus on most groups, I don't do FB but that's what they say. Probably very true. I do participate in Facebook, as do many of the rctners. We frequently send little personal messages to each other; also I enjoy the fact that many of the designers, shops and other similar (kreinik, Hoffman, DMC etc) businesses are there. You get immediate information from them, rather than wait for it to travel down the grapevine. Lucille is hell on wheels at the version of Scrabble which we play! Gillian It's the other aspects of FB I do not like. I believe a lot of people are going to be very sorry about a lot of the stuff they posted there and once up it's extremely difficult to truly delete it. One of those days when Sheena& I agree. We've resisted joining FB, and while I know that we sort of miss out on some connection possibilities, are concerned with other aspects. Just too much with the handling of privacy material. I too think that many people, particularly in the teens thru twenties, have not grasped the concept of discretion, judgment, and the fact that so much put on facebook ends up quite widespread, with the potential of coming back to bite you in the butt. We all know how easy it is to hit "send" or "Reply to all" and an e-mail that you intended for 1 person, or to edit somehow has hit an unintended readership. The same with FB, although as I understand, due to legal pressures they've made the privacy settings more easily usable. In the work world, people have been bitten by things they've posted on FB, and for me, going thru the background stuff getting my clearances back again, we were specifically advised to stay off FB. Oh, well. But, guess I do miss getting to play Scrabble with the crew ;^) Ellice Ellice, My husband is like you and your DH. He has no intention of putting anything about himself out into the big wide world. I suspect a lot of this "guarded privacy" comes back from both military and working years, and being cautious is far better than the alternative. On the other hand, I have been a good kid, and very rarely post anything personal. I use it for entertainment, and also keeping tabs on kids and grandkids. I have to admit, some of the things the teenagers, and preteens post, would have been VERY unacceptable, when I was the active Mom! No TV punishment at the very minimum! LOL The only way we knew about my stepdaughter's separation, and quick divorce from her husband, was that she was posting everyday to all her friends, and I could read the posts. She is almost 40, and SHOULD know better! Gill |
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